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Call Scripts Using ChatGPT

Engage Selling

 Have you experimented using ChatGPT for writing scripts, researching customers, or finding target prospects? Here’s one simple tip that’ll help you generate better results. The post Call Scripts Using ChatGPT first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader.

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What is the Impact of Frequent Coaching?

Anthony Cole Training

Excerpt from Objective Management Group’s recent webinar on The Data Behind Sales Managers of Elite Teams. The second chapter of this guide addresses a fundamental question: how often should sales managers coach their teams? Through a deep analysis of sales evaluations and coaching frequencies, we uncover the impact of consistent coaching on various aspects of sales performance.

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Activity vs. Effective Activity

Iannarino

More. More. More! More emails. More cold calls. More opportunities. More pipeline. I don’t suggest that activity isn’t important, nor would I argue with you that too many salespeople do too little with their time and energy, but there is a difference between activity and effective activity.

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How Alternative Loans Promote Growth For Small Businesses

Sales Pop!

Small businesses and local startups are one of the most vital parts of a thriving economy. It creates jobs, drives innovation in different sectors, and contributes to a nation’s growth. However, one problem facing every small business owner is securing the proper resources to grow their operations and take opportunities. This is where alternative loans come in.

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Smart Tools & Strong Teams: A People-First Approach to AI in Sales

Speaker: Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy

AI isn’t replacing salespeople—it’s empowering them. The most forward-thinking sales organizations are using AI to enhance human performance rather than eliminate it. From coaching and messaging to prospecting and pipeline accountability, artificial intelligence is giving managers and SDRs the new tools they need to work smarter, sell better, and close more.

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Stand Out by How You Sell

Engage Selling

 How do you displace the competition and stand out in your competitive marketplace? Watch this video to find out! The post Stand Out by How You Sell first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader.

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Sales Territory Management: 6 Steps to Creating an Effective Plan

Veloxy

Are you struggling to optimize your sales territories and boost your sales team’s productivity? You’re not alone! 64% of companies struggle with ineffective territory planning. In this blog post, we will guide you through the essential steps to create an effective sales territory management plan that will lead your team to success. Get ready to unlock your sales potential and achieve maximum results!

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Do You Speak to Your Clientele’s Agenda?

Sales Pop!

Most salespeople are so focused on making their quota that they put their needs ahead of their clientele’s. That mode of thinking could be better; the better route is to put your clientele first, front and center. Focus on their needs. The results will be remarkable because you will stand out well in the crowded field. First and foremost, speak to your clientele’s agenda!

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The Art and Science of Complex Sales Podcast

Membrain

Welcome to this episode of The Art & Science of Complex Sales Podcast, with our special guest Fred Copestake , Founder & CEO of Brindis. Fred's sales journey began in an unexpected setting—a tile store nestled within a charming Victorian mill. Learn about his fascinating journey which began from an industrial company to leading a sales academy and how his experiences shaped his perspective of sales.

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Rainforests and Torn ACL's Provide Insight into Effective Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

Based on the non-stop rain and humidity we have had for the last 6 weeks in Massachusetts, you could probably make a case that not only do we now have a rainy season, but where our house is located, we must live in a rain forest. Hold that thought. Dinger, our GoldenDoodle, who I have featured in several articles , tore his ACL last week. The X-Ray clearly showed that the tissue which is supposed to connect the tibia and the femur was torn.

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Chasing Mastery in Sales

Iannarino

Selling may be your job. You might have fallen into a sales role because you needed work, or perhaps the allure of making more money attracted you to sales. Others were pushed into a sales role by a manager or a leader. Few salespeople chose the role because they wanted to pursue the craft. There are many people who have the skills and mindset to sell , but they avoid it because of the mostly outdated stereotype of the pushy, self-oriented salesperson.

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How to Coach Reps on Overcoming Sales Objections with Confidence

Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Global Sales and David Phelan, Account Executive

In a world where buyers are more informed and objections are more nuanced, confidence isn't optional—it’s a competitive advantage. In high-stakes conversations, knowing how to handle pushback can make or break the deal. Join industry experts Brendan Sweeney and David Phelan for a behind-the-scenes look at how teams are transforming sales coaching with real-time feedback, objection-handling role plays, and pre-call preparation that actually sticks.

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Using AI to Predict Customer Behavior and Improve Engagement

Sales Pop!

Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict Customer Behavior & Improve Engagement Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize customer engagement. By leveraging AI algorithms, businesses can gain valuable insights into customer behavior and preferences. This allows them to create more personalized and effective marketing campaigns.

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Best Practices for Effective Sales Team Offboarding

Membrain

When an employee leaves a company, there’s always a period of transition within the company and on their team. During this period, a formal legal separation process is usually handled by the HR department. Additionally, the department manager and team members of the former employee work together to secure any assets and fill any gaps that the departing member leaves.

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Want to speak at SMX Next? Now’s the time to submit a pitch!

Search Engine Land

SMX Next returns online Nov. 14-15, focusing on what’s working in search now and how to prepare for 2024. Search marketing is ever-changing. And we’ve seen a lot of big changes so far in 2023 including algorithm updates, the use of generative AI, New Bing and Google’s Search Generative Experience. Oh, and the end of Universal Analytics, just to name a few.

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Why I Wrote The Negativity Fast

Iannarino

The acceleration of change in our time is itself, an elemental force. The accelerative thrust has personal and psychological, as well as sociological consequences. Unless man quickly learns to control the rate of change in his personal affairs as well as i n society at large, we are doomed to a massive adaptational breakdown.

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Welcome to the Future of Hospitality: Smart Rooms Start Here

Speaker: Jady West, VP of Hospitality & Chris Bennett, Head of Sales & Engineering

The modern hotel room is no longer just a place to stay—it’s an experience to remember. Today’s guests expect seamless 5G connectivity, personalized comfort, and high-tech convenience. From AI-powered smart room controls to in-room entertainment and app-based services, technology is redefining hospitality from the inside out. In this new session featuring industry pros Jady West and Chris Bennett, we’ll explore how high-speed, high-bandwidth connectivity powers the innovations that are enabling

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3 Critical Seller Skills for Selling Cloud Computing and Security Tools in Today’s Economy

Force Management

Every industry is impacted by the ongoing economic uncertainty in recent months, including cloud data and cybersecurity sales. Whether your team sells SaaS, IaaS or PaaS solutions, you’ve likely been faced with customers changing purchasing protocols and placing higher scrutiny on budget approvals. These obstacles may present a huge threat to your company’s growth goals unless you’re able to adapt your sales approach to address these new challenges.

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Zombie Pipelines

Partners in Excellence

Over the course of my career I’ve looked at thousands of pipelines/funnels. Most are pretty bleak, they don’t have enough opportunities to achieve their goals. Recently, I was in a meeting discussing the pipeline health. The managers, defensively, responded, “Dave, we know we need to get more in our pipelines. We are driving prospecting activities to load the pipeline… Everyone knows they have to get to 3X pipelines within the next 60 days… ” I replied, “

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8 Examples of Industries Using Predictive Analytics Today

G2

“Only one in four jokes ever work, and I still can't predict what people will laugh at,” said long-time American comedian Steven Wright.

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How and When to Engage with Client Problems

Iannarino

At the first sign of trouble, the salesperson who disappears has damaged their relationship and put future business at risk. It doesn’t seem to matter how or why the client is struggling to produce the results they were sold and promised. Much of the time, the client’s problem is not the result of the salesperson’s actions or the lack of action. Most of the time, it’s a problem of the teams that deliver the solution.

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Breaking The Commerce Bottleneck: Your SAP Exit Plan Starts Now

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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How to use HubSpot’s AI tools in your sales and marketing

Martech

HubSpot has been rolling out new generative AI features. The company has introduced two AI-powered tools, Content Assistant and ChatSpot, to “help customers save time while creating better connections with their audiences.” Here we take a deeper dive into Content Assistant and explain how to get the most out of ChatSpot. Content Assistant streamlines content creation for marketing and sales teams.

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Strategies For Mastering Sales Messaging — Feat. Dr. Jim Karrh

Sales Gravy

Great Sales Messaging Isn't Rocket Science On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jim Karrh, Ph.D. and Jeb Blount discuss the essentials of sales messaging, how poor communication skills damage your brand, the stories we tell ourselves and our prospective customers, and what the advent of automation tools like Chat GPT means for salespeople. You’ll learn how to translate marketing messages into effective sales conversations, whether in person, virtually, or over the phone.

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Navigating the Ethics of AI in Recruitment

G2

The world of recruitment has undergone a significant transformation in recent years thanks to the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

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The Sources of Fragility In Sales Organizations

Iannarino

According to the Oxford English Dictionary , fragility is: the quality of being fragile or easily broken; hence, liability to be damaged or destroyed, weakness, delicacy.

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New Research-Backed Strategies to Empower Managers as Culture & Engagement Leaders

Speaker: Beth Sunshine, SVP, Up Your Culture

When culture isn’t consistently lived out across the organization, engagement suffers—and it often starts with a disconnect at the top. In this session, Beth Sunshine, SVP of Up Your Culture at The Center for Sales Strategy, will reveal how HR and executive leaders can close the gap between vision and execution by equipping frontline and mid-level managers to become culture carriers.

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Marketing leads other sectors in generative AI acceptance

Martech

While many consumers are skeptical about generative AI’s effect on society, they expect marketers to lead the way in pioneering the technology. Consumers are more comfortable seeing genAI magic take off in marketing than in any other sector, a new Gartner study finds. A full 38% of consumers interviewed in June and July said they were very or somewhat comfortable with generative AI technology used in marketing.

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How to Grow Revenue Faster in the Second Half of 2023 with Founders Fund

SaaStr

2023 has been a difficult year for many tech companies. Markets have been all over the place, layoffs occurred, and investors weren’t funding as much as usual. However, Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund & Host of the SaaStr CRO Confidential Podcast , believes there are reasons to be optimistic for the rest of 2023. In a special workshop, Sam shares advice on how to spot bottlenecks, reallocate the right resources, and grow revenue in 2023.

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How to create SMART SEO goals (with examples)

Search Engine Land

Like any endeavor, SEO works best with clearly defined and articulated goals. If you only set vague SEO goals like “get more leads” or “get more traffic,” you will lack focus and direction. Vague goals fail to provide a map forward and feed into wasted time and generalist SEO work that will do little to help your mission. This article will provide an overview of why setting specific goals is essential and how it helps push you forward and direct your SEO efforts.

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How to Manage Your Sales Day

Iannarino

Without a plan for your day, you are likely to waste time. Look at your calendar and notice how much white space is available today. Then look at the amount of white space you have through the week. More white space means you are wasting time and not making the money you should. Sales rewards results, and white space is the opposite of results.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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A blueprint for boosting sales and dominating paid and organic campaigns

Martech

Many campaigns on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and others fail simply because marketing teams need the right tools to maximize conversions. When increasing sales on Amazon and other marketplaces, you may be missing the mark on targeting, tracking and attribution. In this webinar, learn how to increase revenue with practical tips your marketing team can put into practice for immediate, measurable impact.

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Cracking the Code to Hypergrowth: 5 Strategies From Vanta’s CEO and Founder

SaaStr

Hypergrowth in today’s highly competitive and budget-constrained SaaS world may be less frequent now, but Vanta, the software tool empowering security companies to achieve compliance and manage risk, has defied the odds. With a multi-billion dollar valuation and a trajectory to double growth annually, Vanta is seizing the spotlight. In this session, CEO and Founder Christina Cacioppo, and GM of EMEA Andrew Foley, reveal the strategies that have propelled Vanta’s remarkable scaling su

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How Prioritizing Your Mental Health Makes You A Stronger Marketer

Heinz Marketing

By Mina Guirguis , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing In today’s fast-paced, highly competitive business landscape, B2B marketers are constantly under pressure to deliver outstanding results. The pursuit of perfection can often lead to long working hours, tight deadlines, and high-stress environments. While striving for excellence is a commendable goal, one aspect that is often overlooked is mental health.

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How to use ChatGPT to uncover keyword variations other tools miss (prompts included)

Search Engine Land

ChatGPT has a massive database of words and phrases that we can leverage for SEO with the right prompts. This article will show you how to use ChatGPT to uncover keyword variations people use when searching or describing a page topic. These words and phrases are often not found using traditional keyword tools, so this could be your new secret keyword weapon.

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Get Higher-Quality B2B Leads That Convert!

B2B marketers face a number of challenges, including: continuously generating great leads converting leads to active sales prospects finding vendors that deliver real results Aggregage has proven content syndication, webinar, online advertising and intent signal marketing programs that deliver higher-quality leads. More than 700 companies have already benefited from our programs.